Microsoft Word

Objectives: Students will be able to complete the following tasks in MS Word.

  1. Format Text – Font size, type, color, bold, italicize, underline, alignment
  2. Format Paragraphs – line spacing, character spacing, margins.
  3. Insert tabs
  4. Insert a header, footer and page numbers
  5. Spell check
  6. Insert bullets and numbering
  7. Change page setup and manage print preview. - orientation and margins
  8. use the help menu
  9. Identify and manage the toolbars
  10. Insert and edit hyperlinks
  11. Insert columns
  12. Insert and modify images and graphics. -autoshapes, lines, line style, word art, clip art, pictures, fill color.
  13. Insert and manipulate tables
  14. Complete a mail merge
  15. Add borders
  16. Use the drawing tools and text boxes



Activities & Assessments:
  1. Guided lessons by instructor to demonstrate each objective.
  2. Quizzes
  3. Provide students with a document. List format changes that need to be made and allow them to complete them.
  4. Provide students will a document and ask the to re-create it.
  5. Create a professional resume and cover letter.
  6. Create a business letter with mail merge (excel)
  7. Create a flyer
  8. Create a brochure
  9. Create a restaurant menu
  10. Create a sports card
  11. Create a Hyperlinking Narrative.

Resources:
  1. See HLN Lesson Plan
  2. See sample resumes and cover letters
  3. Mail merge tutorial in help menu
  4. Sample restaurant menus from the web.
  5. Listing of MS office lesson plans - http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/computer.html
  6. Microsoft lesson plans - http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx
  7. Microsoft Office Online Video Tutorials - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx?redir=0